Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



No. 835,856. I PATENTED ow 13 1906.-

- J. FRASER.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1906.

'2 sums-sum I 7/ I lag .mrasmsss. v PATENTED NOV.1 3,1906, ;J. FRASER.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL. FASTENER. I A PPL IUATION FILED KAY 19. 1906. I

BEST AVAILABLE COPY JOHN FRASER, OF INGLESIDE, PENNSYLVAIII METALLIC? TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

application filed May 19, 1906. Serial No. 317,779.

[ all whom it wuty concern..-

Be it known that 1, JOHN FRASER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ingleside, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to railway-ties and fastenings; and its primary object is to pro- "vide a metallic tie and rail fastening thereto whereby the use oi the usual spikes for securing rails to ties will be ELVOILIQL A further. object of this invention is to provide railway rails and ties with novel railsecuring devices which may be readily manipulated to secure the rails firmly in placeor to remove the same when occasionrequires.

- The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection -With the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and its novelfeatures will be defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing my improvement applied to the meetinglends' of two rail-sections. Fig. 2 is a sectional view'on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is;a detail perspective view of one of the clamp-sections employed. Fig. 4'is a perspective view of one of the slotted keys for'securing the clan1p-sections in position. Fig. 5,is a transverse vertical section illustrating a modified form ofimprovement applied to a rail. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a slotted fishlate used in connection with my improved astening. Fig. 7 is a view in perspective, showing a further modifica'tion of the improvement. F ig. 8 is a ver tical section of one of' the rails and its securing devices. Fig. 9 is a plan View of the device shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective of the locking-block employed in the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9/ Fig. 111 is a detail perspective view, of one of the clamp-sections shown in Fig. 8. Fig; 121is a perspective view of one of the locking-keys.

In Fig. 1 the reference-numerals 1 and '2 designate the meeting ends of two railwayrails supported upon metallic tiesB, the latter being in the form ofchannel hars and having their opposite vertical sidesformed with slots 4 to receive locking-keys 5 and 6.

The rails are secured to the ties by clamping device eachcomprisingtwo members adaptillustrated in Fig. 2.

12, formed in the top of the tie, and are sev cured therein by the keys 5 and 6. The keys 5 are preferably of Wedge form adapted to be driven to place and secured by cotter-pins 13; but the keys 6 for securing the outer clamp members7 are each iormed With a recess 14 to be engaged by the inner end wall 15 of the slot 11 in the lug 9, said slot being of suilicient length to permit a slight outward movement of the clamp-section 7 to permit the interlocking engagement of the key 6 and lug. 9, as described. This locked ortion of the clamp member 7 is maintained y the engagement therewith of the rail, as The numerals 16 and 17 designate, respectively, a splicerbar and .fishplate employed to connect the ends of the rails, the flange 18 of the fish-plate being formed with recesses 19 to accommodate the outer clamp members 8. I

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified construc tion of both the tie and rail-fastening means. In this instance the tie 3 is a flat bar without the vertical flanges shown in Fig. 2, and the clamping members 7- and 8 are formed with slots 20, registering with slots 21, formed in the tie to receive lu s 22 ro'ectin from Ihese lugs 22 are pr'ostepped blocks 23. vided with elongated key-slots 24, registering With-corresponding transverse slots formed in the clamp members, to receive suitable keys' The blocks 23 serve as anchoringblocks for the tie, and their lugs 22 serve the purpose of the depending lugs 9 and 10 of Fig.- 2.

' Figs. 7 to 12, inclusive, illustrate another modification, which is a combination of the two forms of the locking means shown in Figs. 2 and 5. In this embodiment of the invention the tie 3' is of channel form and provided in its top with slots 12 and 13*. The inner clamp member '8 is similar in construction to that shown in Fig. 2, having the. slotted lug 10 extending through the slot 12*.

The outer clamp member 7 is similar to that shown in Fig. 5, having a slot 20 to receive a' "the clamping member 7 ,to receive the slot 9, and. 10 the block 23 is of sufiicient w'i [to snugly fit between the" sides of lug 22, projecting upward from a block 23 The block 23 is stepped to su port the-tie and clamp member 'Ffl-and the ug 22 is provided with an elongated horizontal slot 24', registering with similar'slots in the sides of ted key 6.

The utility and advantages of the improvement constructed as thus described Will be readily understood and appreciated. The metallic tie is strong and durabl'e and its chani1el-'ba.i"forn1 enables it to be readily tamped upon the road-bed,

In securing the rails the outer clamp memhers are-first placed'inposition overlapping nuts are. required, for securing the fish-plates;

' Ani'im portant advantage. of my, improvement is that the detachable securing-keys yermit a changing of gage or substitiition of ig'ht for heavy rails, or vice versa.

Theblocks employed at the joints ofxtherails are made larger and. thicker thanthose' used at points between the joint.

It is obvious that myfiimpro'veddevices aflord" a. reliable means for securing railwayrails without the use-otthe ordinary spikes; and while the several forms the device herein shown and described are practical 'and' simple I would have it understood that I reservethe right to'rnake all such changes and modificationsin the vminor details; of con struction as fall Within the scope of the following. claims.

What Iclaim, and desire to secure by LettersPatenfl i.s'-

1 Vin a rail-fastening, the combination Iwith a metallic tie of channel-bar 'form' rovided'ivith longitudinal and transverse s ots,

of a rail-clamp comprising --t womembers adapted to engage the base of a railon oppositesides thereof; and locking-lugs extending tliroi gh the vertical-slots of the tie, andkeys extending'through said lugs and't'hrough the transverse slots of thetie;

2 In a; rail-fastening, the combination f With a metallic tie of channel-bar form, rovided with longitudinal and, transverse sihts, of a; rail-clamp. comprising two members adapted to' engage the base of a rail on opposite side's thereof," and means for securingsaid .clamp members to the tie, consisting of slotted lugsextending through the longitudinal.

slots "of the tie,- and keys extending through I the slots in 'saidtlugs,

3 In a railjoint, the combination with a metallic tie of-channel-bar form, having-a longitudinal slot-in its top portion, slotted raiLclamp, and means for securing the same to the tie comprising a metallic block fillin 'th e spacebetween the sides of the and having an upWardly-projectmg slotted lug extending through thejsl'ot in the tie, and akcY-fitting the slots in said lug and in the clamp. In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

I JOHNFRASER.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN l osrnn, L. F. GARDNER. 

